Corn-sheller.



9.9. WEST.

CORN SEELLBR.

APPLIGATIOH FILED 9119.7, 1909.

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EZEKIEL E. WEST, NEAR MOUNT STERLING, KENTUCKY.

CORN-SHELLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

Application filed April 7, 1909.r Serial N o. 488,386.

To all lwhom 1f/may concern:

Be it known that I, EZEKIEL E. WEST, a citizen of the United States, residing in the county' of Clark, near Mount Sterling, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Corn-Shellers, ofl which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a corn sheller of that type adapted to be worn on the hand of the operator so as to effectively remove the grains of corn from the cob without blistering or otherwise injuring the hand.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify the construction of devices of this character so as to be comparan tively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, reliable and eficient'in use, and so designed as to be comfortable to the user.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a huski'ng device consisting of a leather body in the form of a shield or apron adapted to be applied to the hand of the user, and on which is secured a metal plate provided with spurs or teeth that serve to effectively engage and remove the grain from the ear, the said shield or apron being of novel construction whereby it can be made in one piece and shaped to comfortably t the hand.

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claim appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing the same in applied position. Fig. 2 is a top view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the body of the device is formed.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the shelling element which is preferably a metal plate of suitable form which is provided on its under surface with closely arranged spurs or teeth 1 which serve to engage the grains of corn to remove them from the cob. This plate is formed at one end with a tongue 2 that is curved at 3 to conform to the curvature of the base portion of the thumb. The plate A is secured to a body piece B that is preferably of leather and is adapted to form a support whereby the plate can be heldron the hand. The body piece B constitutes a shield or apron and is formed from a blank which, as shown in Fig. 1, is constructed of suitable sheet material such as leather and is provided with a passing through apertures 10 in the said members. This closes the recess 8 so as to provide an opening for accommodating the thumb of the user.

The plate A, which is secured to the leather by rivets 11 and 12, is arranged with the rows of teeth 1 obliquely to the base line of the fingers and the inner edge 13 of the body piece B is disposed parallel with the rows of teeth so that the hand can be readily closed around the cob from which the grain is to be shelled.

The body piece A is held in place by a strap C secured to the corner portion 1A of the body piece B, and secured to the extension 5 is a buckle 15 so that the strap will engage over the back of the hand and cooperate with the thumb opening 8 to hold the corn sheller securely in place, the strap extending in a plane parallel with the straight edge 13 or longitudinal rows of teeth 1 so that the device will be securely held in place.

In practice, the ear of corn to be shelled is held in the left hand while the right hand ,is closed over the exposed portion of the ear so that the teeth 1 can engage the rows of grain. The pressure is applied by the right hand in a direction parallel with the rows so as to effectively remove the grains from the cob, and as the pressure is applied in a direction parallel with the teeth 1, a single strap is sufficient to hold the device in place on the hand of the user.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparenttovthose inV the'art which i the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device whichl I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claim appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is r- A husking device comprising a flexible body piece embodying a palm covering portion and an extension for overlapping the hack of the hand, said extension and palm portion having members which are brought together and secured and between which an 'the curvature of the base portion of theA thumb secured to said flexible body, and having teeth upon its outer side arranged in parallel rows having an oblique arrangement with reference to the hand when the device is in position thereon.

In testimony whereof I alliX my signature 30 in presence of two witnesses. Y

EZEKIEL E. wEsfr. Witnesses:

GEO. M. BERRY, E. W. DIXON. 

